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Ustazah

Kalau mengikut Kamus Dewan Edisi Keempat terbitan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka yang ada tercongok kat rak buku gabak dalam bilik ni, Ustazah tu maknanya; guru agama (perempuan).

Okay,tu cuma muqaddimah je..

I couldn't quite remember how many times I've been in the situation, but there's this one time that I remembered the most.
I was at a hospital, nak melawat ex-classmate time kat CFS PJ who got into an accident. Me and my friends entered the elevator and i saw a bunch of kids kat dalam lif tu with their parents..or was it..relatives? -shrugs- couldn't remember.eheh. And as they saw us, i heard one of the kids said to the other, "Wahh..ramainya ustazah kat sini.." with a hint of sarcasm.

To be completely and honestly honest..what the kid had said irked me..or in another word, i felt annoyed.
Oh..before i continue, maybe i should tell anyone who bothered to read this that i wear a 50" tudung,sometime 55"..both tudung Akel and tudung bawal..and so do most of my friends who were with me that day. So..you kinda get the idea why the kid had called us ustazah..right? :D and oh..we were wearing baju kurungs and jubah that day if i were not mistaken, sebab baru balik dr kelas.hahaaa
ok..sambung cerita..

Irked and annoyed (same je la tu) were what i felt...not because i dislike the title 'ustazah' or something..but because what i had in mind was, the kid was being sarcastic, seeing us wearing tudung besar & berbaju kurung macam tu.....OR..maybeee...i might be thinking too much at that time..ntah2 budak tu inesen je cakap camtu becoz in the kid's mind..tudung besar/labuh + baju kurung/jubah = ustazah kat sekolah. MAYBE the kid (i keep on using 'the kid' bcoz i couldn't remember whether it's a girl or a boy.i have TERRIBLE MEMORY.oh yes.) didn't mean to be sarcastic at all..maybe it's just me being paranoid..just maybe.
So, the point is..
I've come to realize that i shouldn't feel annoyed even if budak tu memang saje sarkastik that time..i could have taken it as a du'a that one day I (and maybe my friends as well) can actually become an ustazah..an ustazah for my friends..an ustazah at home,for my family,my children in the future..bukanlah maksudnya nak ngaja agama secara formal macam kat sekolah tu..but maybe to teach and share any religious knowledge (read: Islamic knowledge) which can lead us straight to His blessing and jannah. Insya Allah.

But then again...another confession..
Since i started my schooldays..i've been surrounded by people who have the same 'fashion' or 'style' like me (buat2 paham la ye), dari sekolah rendah sampai le uni. So, what i've been wearing was never an odd thing when i'm with them. But as i grow older...and yes,i'm definitely OLDER now, bila dah lagi banyak berjalan2 kat luar,more exposed to other people..i can't help but to notice that there are some people who'd still stare and look weirdly at me like i'm some kind of..er..alien?Sigh.
But (bape kali but dah ni..hahaha)..no worries!i shall prevail! eh..tetibe :P
Semoga Allah Taala beri kekuatan untuk terus istiqamah dan berusaha untuk memperbaiki diri..coz i know, i'm still lacking a lot..A LOT..

Imam Muslim meriwayatkan di dalam Shahihnya dari jalan Abu Hurairah radhiyallahu’anhu, dia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda, “Islam datang dalam keadaan asing. Dan ia akan kembali menjadi asing sebagaimana kedatangannya. Maka beruntunglah orang-orang yang asing itu.” (HR. Muslim [145] dalam Kitab al-Iman.Syarh Muslim, 1/234).

Semoga kita sama2 tergolong dalam golongan orang2 yg asing tu..amin~

ni gambar hiasan je :)

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Love at second thought

 'Teacher' : Hari ni kita nak cerita pasal sesuatu yang ada kat sekeliling kita.Cuba teka apa dia?

Adik murid:Saya tahu!Allah!
Cacing saya cacing rainbow!
hujan rintik-rintik,kena cacing saya


I never expect that to spark creativity in someone's mind is quite challenging.in the first place, I thought we just need to describe things like the color,shape than that's it!people can just easily imagine and draw what we expect them to draw.But obviously,I don't know how many time I look at the kindergarten teacher(the power of non-verbal communication..haha!) to help me to make those kids imagine and start to draw..

Spending half day with these kindergarten kids really give me something.Who would expect them to give such answer(the above dialogue) when I actually try to give them hint about worm.Even me myself,I think I'm going to give other answer rather than what he had gave me(oh malunyer!!!).It really surprised me you know but ya,I did gave him some feedback which I wish that I could give him another better answer which I only thought after the program ended..huhu

Despite all the hyperactive reactions they gave(budak-budak la katakan) which really made us sore throat, they did made us smile.These kids are actually from Little Caliphs.So they answer some basic questions like "how are you?" in kind of Islamic way and of course in English(until my chinese team leader taught another answer..hahah)..They are just taught that way what.so?ahah!that's the point!

peace yo!!
Kids are so pure which everyone knows.They can easily accept what are taught to them no matter verbal or non-verbal..So I see that early education is very important which again I believe everyone knows too.But yet,people usually just let go the responsibilities to teachers at school without realizing (or maybe forgot?) that the true early education starts at home or to be more precise from the parents.So, what are we fussing about when we are not even married to have children?Yeah,but we do have nephews,nieces,small sisters or brothers or young ones in our family or at least around us right?

As I said before,kids can easily imitate us.So, don't expect them not to lie when we always lie to them that we promise to give them sweets or ice-cream just to make stop crying.But later on, we don't even give even a bite.Oh another one.be careful with how we respond to them because it may affect them later on.I give you an example which I used to hear..an adult used to scold kid when they start to ask this and that.But then, when the kid grown up,that kid is scolded by the adult for not being active in class by asking questions.How??

ehehehehh..
I believe answering small kids' questions aren't easy which me myself start to experience it when my 1 year and 9 months old nephew ask this and that.Even to answer him "papan iklan" after he pointed it also made me asking my sister either to answer "papan" or "iklan" as "papan iklan" is too long for him(ni belum lagi soalan yg lebih mencabar..huhu).But at least try our best to treat them by giving them some answers.They are learning and so do us. For me, it would be an honor to be part of their learning process.a positive one of course!!and especially when you see your little one growing up as a good person..^_^


p/s: After second thought, I am willing to go to kindergarten again to teach kids after refusing to do so in the first place.But before that,full bar of energy need to be prepared!







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Of being better..

WARNING: POST PANJANG..NGAAAAAA


Tiba-tiba teringat sesuatu..suatu catatan daripada satu pengisian..
Buku nota bercorak jalur2 berbagai warna diambil dari tempat asalnya;rak buku bertentang dengan katil. Dibelek-belek muka suratnya hingga ditemui apa yang dicari...

"Every pious person has a past"
"A sinner has a future"

Syaikh Dawood Butt said those words sebagai ala2 muqaddimah for his session that evening..and actually that session's title was.."Me and My Other Half" *cough2*.Don't get me wrong..i'm not going to rant about camne nak pilih pasangan and whatnot..at least,that won't be the main topic here..ahaks~

Still..it's interesting how the syaikh started his session/talk with those words. The moment he said those words, i could felt how true they were..

"Every pious person has a past"
"A sinner has a future"

Sejarah silam yang hitam or tak berapa putih..dark sides..if tak semua orang pun,most of us have those, right? Mungkin ada orang yg dulu pernah bercouple tanpa kenal batas, takde kesedaran nak tutup aurat properly, tak kenal or buat2 tak kenal yang haram & yang dilarang..and the list goes on..Tapi tak selamanya mereka2 yg buat semua tu akan bergelumang dlm tu kan?

Ada je yg,bak kata Inche Gabbana tauke blog APG, disapa atau ditegur oleh mak cik 'hidayah' dan alhamdulillah berubah jadi baik..and like my sister, Yah said, and i'm sure most of you dah lama agree with this statement; mereka2 yg pernah jadi 'jahat' or 'nakal' ni, once diorang berubah..as in bertaubat dan yg sewaktu dengannya..diorang bole jadi lg bagus,lg baik,lg soleh/solehah dr insan2 yg dah sedia baik dr dulu..err..i mean insan2 yg tak penah buat benda2 dasat la..
You know why?because..if according to me la..their guilt will make them more ikhlas untuk dekatkan diri pada Allah SWT..the thought of their dosas (read = dosa2) will make them lagi bersungguh2 untuk bertaubat..the feeling of once being distance from Him will make them wants to mengenali Allah SWT dgn lagi dalam..tak ke? 

On the other hand..the way i see it..or the way i personally feel..orang2 yg dah sedia 'baik' dari dulu ni, they think they don't have to do better ibadah-wise,character-wise etc..senang citer yg rasa dah dalam "comfort zone" ni la (tersedak jap). Rasa ibadah dah cukup..rasa diri dah cukup baik..but actually,i f you look deeper, there's still a lot more holes or gaps or..hm..room (?) for improvement. Iman kita sentiasa naik dan turun..ye dak? And sebenarnye..bagi insan2 yg dah ada dalam comfort zone ni sejak lahir lagi,eventho tak pernah ade rekod buat jenayah or dosa berat2, ade jek benda2 'tak best' yg dibuat..be it small or big.examples are; mengumpat,perasan diri bagus(read - 'ujub), tak jage adab dgn ibu bapa kawan2 or guru2,suka membazir... tho all the things mentioned just now tak dipandang berat by most people..tp it really can have negative effects on us..

So..insan2 yg dlm comfort zone tu pun kena selalu refleksi dan koreksi diri (e eh..i mean myself pon included la..) sebab kita tak tau amalan yg kita buat tu betul2 diterima Allah ke..?kita dah dapat redha Dia ke..?kita dah betul2 tutup aurat properly ke...?kita dah guna masa kita dengan sewajarnya ke..?kita dah tunaikan tanggungjawab amar makruf nahi mungkar ke..?Gulp.(eh..tertiru gaya orang tu pulak.eheh). 

*Lap peluh* Huhu..'ter'panjang plak post yg ni :-P 
Kesimpulannya..jangan pandang orang2 yg dlm kategori 'teruk' ni macam pandang kucing kurap or like they're some low-life..sbb mana tau,bila Allah SWT dah bukak pintu hati diorang,diorang bole lg jadi lg super duper hebat dari kita..and..bagi mereka2 yg Allah SWT dah pelihara dari buat benda2 dasat like i mentioned before..bersyukurlah..and, bila dah ada 'tag' baik or rasa cam diri tak penah pun buat benda bukan2, kena ingat yg tu bukan tiket utk melepaskan diri dari memperbaiki diri..memperelokkan diri..(dalam mau kira ye..bukan luaran..eh,tp bab aurat tu include skali la :D)

p/s: This is only MY interpretation of ayat2 Syaikh Dawood tu..mungkin ada explanation/interpretation yg lain skit according to others..

Kalau ada tersilap kata..mintak ampun..Ramadhan Kareem! (lg 16 hari je tinggal T_T)

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Ayuh semak!!

Salam 'alaik..

Telah termaktub di dalam Al-Quran bahawa orang-orang yang beriman itu sungguh beruntung..namun,adakah kita benar-benar tergolong dalam golongan yang beruntung itu?Jom semak diri berdasarkan Surah al-Mukminun ayat 1 hingga 11:

Dengan Nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Mengasihani

1-Sungguh beruntung orang-orang yang beriman
2-(yaitu) orang yang khusyuk dalam solatnya
3-dan orang yang menjauhkan diri dari(perbuatan dan perkataan) yang tidak berguna
4-dan orang yang menunaikan zakat
5-dan orang yang memelihara kemaluannya
6-kecuali terhadap isteri-isteri mereka atau hamba sahaya yang mereka miliki, maka sesungguhnya mereka tidak tercela.
7-Tetapi barang siapa mencari di balik itu(zina dan sebagainya), maka mereka itulah orang-orang yang melampaui batas.
8-Dan (sungguh beruntung) orang yang memelihara amanat-amanat dan janjinya
9-serta orang yang memelihara solatnya
10-Mereka itulah orang yang akan mewarisi
11- (yakni) yang akan mewarisi (syurga) Firdaus.Mereka kekal di dalamnya.

Bagi saya,masih banyak yang perlu diperbaiki..

p/s:Ramadhan semakin hampir!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^

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Ol' School days

Assalammulaikum w.b.t
Here goes my rant..it's been a while ey..


Dah seminggu bertapa di rumah coz it's been a week since sem break started. and i've spent my first week of sem break dgn pulun baca novel2 Hlovate :P All the novels are good tapi ade 1 buku dia ni which made me reminiscing my school days..i'm talking about "Tunas"..dunno yg tu novel dia yg ke berape..hehe..


Reading through the book..teringat zaman2 sekolah menengah dulu..especially time form 4,form 5 coz the book tells about the life of budak2 form 4 and form 5 kat sekolah asrama. and i can say that i learn a few things pasal life budak2 asrama coz i've never been to any boarding school..neither do any of my siblings. Semua adik-beradik sekolah harian jek ^_^ Cam seronok jek duk asrama kalo ikutkan citer dalam buku tu. Go through thick and thin dgn kawan2 etc. Prep la segala bagai.. (I have a confession to make: kat skola Maahad dulu mmg budak2 asrama mesti setel sume homework..budak2 luar ni yg slalu terkulat2 tak siap homework,termasuk la diri sendiri ni.hehe)


Another thought that came to me while reading the book was..kalo la bole patah balik masa..nak experience balik zaman sekolah tu coz i felt that i can do better or..more like i should have done better..untuk pelajaran,dengan kawan2..dengan cikgu2..i felt like i should have make more friends, engage more with people especially my teachers, do more co-cu activities (lol) and be more..hm..open (?) *Sigh* ni la manusia ek..ungrateful and always filled with regrets.meh~ Well, honestly, i think i'm a different person compared to masa zaman sekolah..ke..sendiri prasan ni?hohoho..


But, all in all..my school days especially during upper form were not that bad..though not nearly as exciting and colourful as depicted in  the Hlovate's novel -shrug- At least ade la experience masuk pertandingan roket air, kuiz sejarah, kuiz kerjaya..sukan..er..memang wassalam la :P sounds nerd much?well..i AM a nerd la kot.haha..eh jap..ade je ape join kawad and karate..so,takdela nerd mane ek? eheh.


Whatever it is..memang rindu sangat zaman sekolah lepas bace Tunas tu..but,we have to cherish the present,right? Do the best you can at the moment so that you won't have regrets when you reminisce this moment later..Nanti da keje teringat zaman kat uni pulak.haha~Besides, a lot of people said that the best part in life slalunye jadik time kat uni..hmm..depends pada orang jugak kot.


P/s: Baru je lepas chat dgn kawan sekolah..dapat jugak lepas rindu~ :)



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Journey without walking

 
Credits:Google

If people ask me what are the ways to release all sorts of stress, I would say one of is to browse pictures..YES!pictures that hold thousand words which stay beyond the colors and textures..

  For me,photographers are artists who paint with lights..They bring us together in their journey through all those shots..Show us what they want us to see and tell us what they want to us to know through the lines that bring us to the subjects..They highlight the emotion and make us feel it too even we're not there..Make things which we thought are nothing to something worth and great to see..

But the greatest photographers for me are those who can make us closer to HIM and realise that all the arts can be made as medium of dakwah..

Click here..I'm sure you'll be amazed

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Satu petang..

Ada kala kita menanti pelangi
buat penghibur diri yang duka
namun kilat datang menyambar
guruh pula menggamit deria

Ada kala kita menanti bunga
kembangnya ia disinar suria
namun yang ada cumalah duri
bila disentuh penyebab luka

Ada kala kita menanti senyuman
buat penawar diri yang rindu
namun yang ada hanyalah keluhan
menambah resah pendam di kalbu

Namun kita tidak sedar
atau mungkin mudah terlupa

Pelangi itu sungguh istimewa 
Datangnya ia tepat waktunya
Kilat dan guruh satu ujian
supaya kita lebih menghargai
bila datangnya sang pelangi

Duri yang mencucuk janganlah dihina
walaupun luka sungguh berbisa
Lihatlah keindahan disebaliknya
yang menjadi satria buat isinya

Manusia itu saling melengkapi
didiklah diri erti memberi
janganlah pula merasa rugi
kerana senyuman yg selama ini kita nanti
satu hari akan kita perolehi
 
27/4/2012
5:23 pm



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Kerana Dia sangat tahu tentang kita


Credits:Doodle Dakwah

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Si kecil "angry bird"

Salam 'alaik..

Apa khabar semua?semoga sihat dan di bawah rahmat-Nya selalu..dah lama sebenarnya tajuk post ni berada dalam draft tapi isi nye je yang tak muncul-muncul..secara asasnya, post ni bukanlah bertujuan untuk bercerita tentang "angry bird" junior...tapi sebenarnya merujuk kepada seorang budak perempuan yang berbaju "angry bird" yang menarik perhatian bukan sahaja saya tapi juga beberapa sahabat saya yang lain semasa menyertai Baktisiswa pada bulan Mac yang lepas..

Si kecil ni saya jumpa di masjid dalam waktu zohor dan umurnya saya anggarkan lima tahun...apa yang buat saya kagum ialah:

1)si kecil ni masuk bilik wudhu' tak lama lepas saya dan mestilah sebab dia nak berwudhu' kan..jadi,saya pandang-pandang juga lah cara dia wudhu' memandangkan dia sebelah saya je..hebat!!!dalam usia yang muda sebegitu,saya boleh katakan caranya sgt baik dan memang macam dah biasalah...mesti mak dia ajar dari awal lagi(ni sangkaan saya lah..kalau tak takkan boleh tau kot)..

2)masuk-masuk dalam masjid nampak dia nak sedia untuk solat.saya pun cari lah maknya kot-kot ada..tapi takde!!!dan si kecil tu tetap solat walaupun maknya tiada di situ..

                                                                       ******

Didikan sejak kecil

Sebenarnya apa yang nak saya sentuh kat sini ialah tentang didikan anak terhadap ilmu agama sejak kecil..bukan hanya teori tapi juga pelaksanaaannya..contohnya tentang solat;Rasulullah sendiri berpesan agar menyuruh anak untuk solat seawal usia 7 tahun, dan pukullah sekiranya anak tidak solat pada usia 10 tahun..tapi kenapa dari usia muda macam tu???

Pepatah melayu ada mengatakan: "melentur buluh biarlah dari rebungnya"...pembinaan peribadi haruslah bermula sejak kecil kerana pada usia yang muda ini,kita lebih mudah mendengar kata dan menerima sesuatu berbanding ketika sudah berusia...bila meningkat remaja, pembentukan akan menjadi sedikit mencabar kerana pada usia ini manusia akan mula memberontak dan hanya mahu mengikut keiinginan sendiri..Jadi,berhati-hati dengan apa yang kita ajarkan pada anak-anak kecil kerana khuatir kita secara tidak sengaja menanamkan sifat negatif dalam diri mereka..

Tidak salah sekiranya kita biasakan anak-anak kecil untuk bersama kita ketika solat walaupun hanya meletakkan dia di sebelah..mudah-mudahan bila besar nanti,akan mudah baginya untuk melaksanakannya kerana ia sudah sebati dalam diri...InsyaAllah

Bermulanya daripada kita

Jangan terkejut kalau ada yang menyatakan bahawa sikap anak-anak akan mengikut sikap ibu bapanya...Sejujurnya saya setuju berdasarkan apa yang saya lihat dan apa yang dengar daripada mereka yang hidup lebih lama daripada saya..Maka dengan itu,berhati-hatilah dengan apa yang kita jadi hari ini agar tidak memberi kesan buruk pada generasi akan datang..fikir dahulu sebelum membuat sesuatu perkara agar kita tidak dipersalahkan oleh anak cucu disebabkan buruknya akhlak kita..

saya tak nak jadi wanita yang menjadi punca seorang ayah derhaka kepada anaknya..huhu


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Polymorphism of Rezeki

Polymorphism (from what i've learnt in D.D.*) = the ability of a drug substance (solid crystalline) to exist in more than one form.Or to put it in simple words, the ability of something to be in more than one form.


So..what do i mean with polymorphism of rezeki?rezeki pon ade polymorhs ke? :D
from what i understand and believe..yes..
Rezeki tu ada berbagai bentuk dan rupa..sampaikan kadang2 kita tak sedar sesuatu benda tu sebenarnya rezeki yg Allah Taala kurniakan kat kita.


Kita selalu beranggapan rezeki tu apa yg kita makan, wang ringgit,harta benda, anak2, rumah dan yg sewaktu dengannya..tapi sebenarnye skop rezeki tu lagi luas. setiap apa yg kita tengah nikmati, baik yg kita sedar atau tak adalah rezeki..
Ilmu itu adalah rezeki, dapat hidayah dan kemampuan untuk beribadah adalah rezeki..nikmat kesihatan dan kelapangan adalah rezeki...


What's more important is that, kita wajib percaya yg memberi rezeki hanyalah Allah SWT sahaja. Manusia selalu takut untuk memberi sbb takut apa yg ada pada dia akan berkurang..padahal,akan bertambah lg sebenarnya, dek kerana pahala dan jugak keberkatan darinya. Bak kata tuan imam dlm column "Beduk Diketuk" (majalah Solusi) ; rezeki yg berkat tu, walaupun sikit,still mencukupi and kalau banyak,boleh diagih-agihkan..One more thing, manusia ni jugak takut atau kedekut untuk spend masa untuk benda2 kebaikan cthnye mcm dengar ceramah, solat jemaah kat masjid, pegi majlis2 ilmu, etc. Alasannya...masa tu nak digunakan untuk study, kerja dan hal2 duniawi yg lain..We have to remember that,yg menciptakan masa adalah Allah SWT, yg Tuan Punya masa adalah Allah SWT, yg memberikan kita nikmat masa adalah Allah SWT..so,kalo kita gunakan masa tu untuk jalan Allah..insya Allah, Allah akan "tambahkan" masa untuk kita..camne plak tu? :D dgn cara, keberkatan masa tu sendiri la..^_^


Kesimpulannya, rezeki tu ada dlm pelbagai bentuk..dan sebenarnya, terlalu byk rezeki yg Allah Taala dah limpahkan kpd kita,cuma kita je yg tak brape nak sedar. Jadi, jom sama2 mensyukuri rezeki dan nikmat yg Allah berikan! :) 


*p.s: DD = Dosage Design

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Rabb

"Wahai hamba yang berbuat maksiat, kembalilah kepada Rabb-mu!Wahai hamba yang lari, kembalilah kepada Pemilik-mu!Wahai hamba yang membelot, kembalilah kepada Tuan-mu!tuan-mu memanggilmu setiap siang dan malam, Dia berkata "Ke mana kamu akan pergi?Apakah kamu mempunyai Rabb selain diri-Ku?Barangsiapa mendekat kepada-Ku sejengkal, pastilah Aku mendekat kepadanya sehasta, barangsiapa mendekat kepada-Ku sehasta, pastilah Aku mendekat kepadanya sedepa, barangsiapa mendekat kepada-Ku dengan berjalan maka Aku akan medekat kepadanya dengan berlari"


Dipetik daripada kata2 Hasan Al-Bashri dan Malik bin Dinar r.a

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Something to ponder

The problem of being a 'public figure' is when everything you do including the way you speak,dressed,etc become people attention

BUT the problem of being a muslim and mukmin who are not a 'public figure', we usually forgot or don't even realise that our action are also being observed by non-muslim and youngsters who make us as a benchmark or even influence them to make a conclusion about Islam.If it's positive,alhamdulillah.but if not?

So, lets observe ourselves...

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